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Do you want to use your legal knowledge to create public benefit together with other competencies? Do you thrive in a supportive role with great variety in your work? Then the position of lawyer with us might be for you.

The Unit for Coordination of Market Surveillance is part of the Department of Legal and Trade Affairs. The department handles various issues both internally within the authority and externally with other authorities, the Government Offices, organizations, and companies. The Unit for Coordination of Market Surveillance has special responsibility for serving as the secretariat for the Market Surveillance Committee and for the role as the Swedish Central Coordination Body according to the EU Market Surveillance Regulation.

We are now looking for one or two new employees for the unit for permanent positions.

The Position

The duties include, among other things, actively contributing to fulfilling Swedac's tasks as the Central Coordination Body and the secretariat for the Market Surveillance Committee. The work involves analyzing proposals for new regulations, assisting in interpreting regulations, supporting the Government Offices in related matters, and collaborating with authorities and other actors within Sweden and internationally. Other examples of tasks include planning and conducting meetings in the committee and its working groups, participating in groups within the EU's work concerning market surveillance and related issues, as well as administering and training in various reporting systems. The positions involve travel within Sweden, but international travel may also occur.

Your Profile

You who apply should have:

• A law degree as a primary qualification, but you may also have education in political science or other equivalent education that the employer, together with your work experience, assesses as relevant.
• At least three years of experience in legal work within the public sector.
• Very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both written and oral, and good ability to express yourself in English, both written and oral.
• Experience in EU legal work.

It is meritorious if you also have:

• Experience working with digitalization and AI tools.
• Experience leading working groups or projects.
• Experience developing and conducting training and other information initiatives.

It is essential that you have very good collaboration skills and the ability to build good relationships, while also being able to work independently. You need to have very good initiative and be interested in sharing your knowledge. You are interested in digitalization issues, are proactive, have a holistic view, are flexible, and meticulous. It is important that you have the ability to contextualize law in different settings and that you have a genuine interest in working with other professional categories. You should be able to quickly familiarize yourself with new tasks and areas of operations, and it is important that you also have the ability to understand how you can best support the authority's mission with your knowledge.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

The Board of Accreditation and Technical Control (Swedac)

Swedac is a government authority working to ensure that products and services are safe. As an accreditation body, we assess the competence of organizations that perform testing, calibration, certification, and control, among other things. We are also responsible for regulations and supervision of weights, measures, and precious metals. Swedac coordinates market surveillance in Sweden, and we are the national notifying authority in Sweden. We have a large national and international network of contacts.

Read more about Swedac at www.swedac.se (https://www.swedac.se).

For more information regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Chief Lawyer Anette Arveståhl, tel. +46 771-99 09 00 (switchboard). Representatives for Saco and ST can also be reached via the switchboard.

Send your application with a CV to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). Reference: 2026/1349 in your application. The last day for applications is June 21, 2026.

Interviews will take place on-site in Borås during the period June 29 – July 2.

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Public Documents and Personal Data

Mail and email received by authorities become public documents and can therefore be disclosed unless specific confidentiality rules apply. If we do not assess that the information is covered by confidentiality, this means that information you send us may be disclosed if requested. Swedac processes personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable legislation in the field. This means that Swedac protects personal data with necessary measures and that you always have the right to contact Swedac to find out what personal data Swedac has registered. Read more about rights in Swedac's privacy policy: https://www.swedac.se/swedacs-integritetspolicy/ (https://www.swedac.se/swedacs-integritetspolicy/).